EIM in Action

Healthcare Providers

Making a Difference in Your Healthcare Setting

One of the most important decisions your patients will make regarding their overall health is to incorporate regular physical activity (PA) into their lifestyles. Your encouragement may be the greatest influence on this decision. To help guide you in this process, EIM has developed theHealthcare Providers Action Guide- a simple, fast and effective tool for helping you prescribe PA in the right “dosage.”

The Action Guide will provide you with specific guidance in working with all of your patients, regardless of their level of readiness to make change in their lives. We know that your time is limited and that every minute counts. This Action Guide will empower you to maximize your time with your patients by helping you:

Assess the current PA levels of your patients.

Develop and use exercise prescriptions based on the health status and current activity level of your patients; and

Refer your patient to a certified exercise professional.

Key tools provided to you in the Healthcare Providers Action Guide include:

As a healthcare provider, you have the ability to impact your patients in becomingmore physically active and combat the development of chronic disease and disability. The EIM Pledge is designed to empower and assist YOU in taking specific action steps in helping your patients to more toward a healthier lifestyle.

*This program is reserved for licensed healthcare providers/practitioners.

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Campus Recognition Application

* University/School Name:

* Supervisor/Advisor of Campus Leadership Team:

* Campus Level:

Gold
Silver
Bronze

* How does your campus meet the level requirements:

Gold level recognition is the highest level of recognition and signifies the implementation of one or several components of the EIM Solution on the University campus, with the potential of extending into the local community. Community partnerships provide real world experience for students, while providing service to the local community.

Gold level campuses must assess physical activity as a vital sign.

A Gold level campus must also be engaged in at least (1) of the following:

* My campus has a computer-based system to track patient participation in physical activity interventions?

Yes
No

Other:

Silver level recognition includes activities related to awareness and promotion, and incorporates education for the university’s students, faculty, staff, and health care professionals, as well as those in the surrounding community, on EIM and its mission on campus. Silver campuses are actively engaged in educating others on the EIM solution for both the treatment and prevention of long-term illness and disease. University students are educated on the aims of EIM in health care, potentially certified as EIM health fitness professionals, and guided on how they can play a role in making physical activity an integral part of health care.

Silver level campuses must be engaged in at least (3) of the following:
* My campus hosts classes that teach students the fundamentals of EIM on Campus and their potential role in fulfilling the mission of EIM?

Yes
No

* My campus trains students to educate campus community members on EIM and the importance of physical activity as medicine?

Yes
No

* My campus works with campus health services so that every health care provider discusses physical activity with every patient or client?

Yes
No

Other:

Bronze level recognition is the first step in creating the EIM initiative on Campus. These campuses bring attention to the growing need for physical activity and take action in helping to create a healthier, more active campus environment.

Bronze level campuses create awareness of the importance of exercise and regular physical activity for health and promote exercise to students, faculty, staff and the community through engagement in any of the following activities. Bronze level campuses must engage in at least (3) of the following:

* My campus hosts events that promote physical activity?

Yes
No

* My campus markets events that encourage all campus members to discuss physical activity with their health care professional?

Yes
No

* My campus has created options for exercise that are easily accessible to the campus community?

Yes
No

* My campus has completed a Mayoral, Governor, or University President EIM on Campus Month Proclamation?